20 best nations to live in

20 best nations to live in

The income distribution has worsened in most parts of the world. Latin America has the largest income inequality, although it is more equitable than sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in life expectancy and schooling, states a UNDP report.

The report also shows that countries at the bottom of the list still suffer from inadequate incomes, limited schooling opportunities and low expectancy rates due to preventable diseases such as malaria and AIDS.

The HDI combines measures of life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. This year, the study included a record number of 187 countries and territories.

Despite, economic growth India is still ranked way below at 134. The 10 countries that place last in the 2011 HDI are all in sub-Saharan Africa: Guinea, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Chad, Mozambique, Burundi, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Image: A fisherman arranges a fishing net as his wife paddles their boat in the waters of the Periyar river.Photographs: Sivaram V/Reuters.